[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 30, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H5061]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   U.S. POSTAL SERVICE MUST BE FIXED

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Madam Speaker, in the era of COVID-19, 
people are reliant on the United States Postal Service more than ever, 
a beloved American institution built on trust, reliability, and 
durability.
  During the Presidential elections of 1864, 156 years ago, during the 
end of the Civil War, soldiers were mailed ballots, and they voted and 
returned those ballots via the United States Postal Service. There was 
no fraud.
  Sadly and unbelievably, the United States Postal Service is being 
sabotaged from within. The Trump Postmaster has removed and destroyed 
671 sorting machines nationally, including 5 of 20 from Buffalo. I 
inspected the Buffalo facility on September 9 and found priority mail 
delayed for more than a month--or longer.
  The dedicated postal workers at the Buffalo facility report that the 
situation has worsened in the past few days. Mail is sitting on the 
floor. Five of 20 mail sorters were removed or destroyed.
  Today I am calling on the Nation's Postmaster to fix and to restore 
all mail sorters to the Buffalo facility.
  Our postal workers and letter carriers do great work for the American 
people. This administration needs to get out of the way and allow them 
to do their job, their good and honest public service.

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